COL.AX WACC - Weighted Average Cost of Capital

The WACC of Coles Group Ltd (COL.AX) is 7.3%.

The Cost of Equity of Coles Group Ltd (COL.AX) is 8.45%.

The Cost of Debt of Coles Group Ltd (COL.AX) is 5.50%.

	Range	Selected
Cost of equity	7.30% - 9.60%	8.45%
Tax rate	28.80% - 29.40%	29.10%
Cost of debt	4.00% - 7.00%	5.50%
WACC	6.2% - 8.4%	7.3%

WACC

COL.AX WACC calculation

Category	Low	High

Long-term bond rate	4.0%	4.5%
Equity market risk premium	5.1%	6.1%
Adjusted beta	0.64	0.75

Additional risk adjustments	0.0%	0.5%
Cost of equity	7.30%	9.60%

Tax rate	28.80%	29.40%
Debt/Equity ratio	0.34	0.34
Cost of debt	4.00%	7.00%

After-tax WACC	6.2%	8.4%


Selected WACC	7.3%

COL.AX's CAPM model and how its cost of Equity is calculated

The Cost of Equity reflects the return a company needs to deliver to shareholders to justify the risk of investing in its shares. It’s computed using the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM), which blends the risk-free rate, the stock’s beta, and the market risk premium.

This method evaluates the stock’s risk compared to a safe investment and the market’s overall volatility.

Here’s how we figure out the cost of equity for COL.AX:

cost_of_equity (8.45%) = risk_free_rate (4.25%) + equity_risk_premium (5.60%) * adjusted_beta (0.64) + risk_adjustments (0.25%)

We include the risk adjustments, which range from 0% to 1%, to keep our WACC conservatives, especially for companies traded in developing markets.